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IN a clear sky, as the disk of the sun sinks down beneath the horizontal line of the ocean, the parting ray is a brilliant emerald green. I have occasionally, but not often, had the pleasure of seeing this interesting phenomenon, as the clear atmosphere has to be accompanied with a cloudless region of the sky where the sun is setting. The same effect is not produced by the sun setting behind a distant bank of clouds. Probably the first ray from the rising sun would be the same unexpected colour.
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HOPKINS, G. The Green Sun. Nature 29, 7 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029007b0
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